Bid on Ebay for a Republican Candidate?

Plain Dealer ^ | 2/20/2005 | mattnaugle

[mattnaugle]

I added this article to my new blog, OhioForBlackwell.com, in which a Republican candidate found a "gray" area of the law by raising campaign contributions by offering an eight-hour day a month painting, cleaning or doing odd jobs at the auction winner's home or business. The contract would run for the entire first year he is in office.

I posted it here: http://www.ohioforblackwell.com/blog/archives/2005/02/20/bidding-for-candidates-on-ebay/

[mattnaugle]

It is a new blog- Are there any Ohio conservatives who have suggestions or comments about it? I'm rather new to the blogosphere and would like to be as effective as possible to show Ohio voters why Ken Blackwell should be elected Governor.

[Aetius]

Is Blackwell a social conservative? I think I read where he was one of the few Republicans in the state who sided with the 60%+ of Ohioans who voted to ban gay marriage and civil unions last Nov, putting him at odds with Gov Taft. But my memory of this is so unclear that I may be completely wrong. But if it is true, then I hope the state GOP doesn't pull a Kansas with a conservative-'moderate' feud that results in the election of a Democrat.

I was impressed by Blackwell during the Ohio vote-certification process. He seems like good people.

[mattnaugle]

Yeah, he is about as socially conservative as a Republican gets.

For reference, read this:
http://www.cleveland.com/search/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1107698100248680.xml?octhe

Sandy Theis of the PD explains why the other 2 republicans in the race, Petro and Montgomery, are not conservatives. Ohio is a sad state to live in for Republicans- We dominate state politics, so we have no one to blame but ourselves for higher taxes and a slumping economy.